He argues clearly and categorically that there can be no radical social change under the current constitutional arrangement. Gall begins by taking the arguments from the centre-left no voters head on. ‘Scotland the Brave?’ is also one of the only books on independence which pulls in the role of the trade unions on Scotland’s future, and the role they play in the current context of British politics. Independent Scotland to make reforms to better its citizens’ material circumstances. Gall’s book, overall, is most concerned, not with the national identity of the Scottish people, nor a historic right to self-determination, but rather with the ability of an The chapters which proceed make clear that the only outcome that could create the circumstances for positive radical reforms to improve working class people’s lives is a Yes vote. Rather, the book opens by asking the question which must be the concern of socialists across Scotland and beyond throughout this debate: what outcome in 2014 will open up the greatest possibility for material social change in Scotland. ‘Scotland the Brave?’ is not written from the viewpoint that Scotland has a right to self-determination – an argument that has been much of the premise for SSP statements on Scotland’s independence for many years. Gall, an ex-SSP member, curiously has deviated from one of his former party’s cornerstones of the independence argument. Gregor Gall’s new book, ‘Scotland The Brave?’, pulls together several strands of the left wing and socialist arguments for yes.

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